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...STATEMENT: According to a leaked draft of Benedict's condemnation of the suicide bombings in the London transit system, the Pope was going to characterize the attacks as "anti-Christian...
...CORRECTION: Though it wasn't clear if the phrase from the draft speech was actually the Pope's or that of then Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano, it was excised from the official version released by the Vatican. It was an early sign that there might be problems in the way the new pontiff and his aides respond to diplomatic crises...
...interesting ways [May 7]. A decade of archaeological exploration confirmed that in June 1607, a settlement was established in "northern Virginia" at what is now Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine. This colony lasted just over a year, but the colonists managed to build a 30-ton, 50-ft., shallow-draft vessel they named Virginia, which explored the coast and crossed the Atlantic twice. Four hundred years later, Maine is still recognized as home to the best boat builders in the world. From elegant yachts to Bath Iron Works' naval destroyers, Maine is celebrating 400 years of shipbuilding heritage...
...draft of its Self-Study, tellingly, Dartmouth directly and quite candidly addressed its perceived deficiency. Submitted by a 13-person committee comprised of athletics department officials, administrators, and students, it wrote that despite “good will,” “more than 150 coaches, admissions officers, other administrators, and faculty have been unable to attract and convince a significant number of student-athletes of color to apply to Dartmouth College.” Applications to the school from recruited student-athletes of color had apparently been as low as 17 and never higher than 40 from...
Perhaps the most significant competitive disadvantage, however, is the sheer lack of athletic scholarships. Walsh tells the story of an African-American and eventual third-round draft choice who was set to come to Harvard before withdrawing because of a scholarship offer at another school...